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The Eastern
Published By Students of Eastern State Normal School
Vol. 24.
MADISON, SOUTH DAKOTA, APRIL, 1944.
No. 7
Summer Work
to Begin June 5
Second Grade Certificate
Course Will Be Given
for Rural Teachers
By Hazel Sanborn
Eastern will have a summer
session again this year, consisting
of two terms of five weeks each,
which will be from June 5 to July
8 and from July 10 to August 12,
respectively.
Classes will be held six days a
week and students may register
for nine hours a term. Students
taking the second grade certificate
course (which will enable high
school graduates to teach in the
fall of 1944) may register for ten
hours. A second grade certificate
will be awarded without further
examination upon successful completion of that course. It is valid
for two years and cannot be renewed. This ten weeks' course
may be substituted for the first
quarter of the first grade certificate course, which may then be
completed in two more quarters.
(Continued on page 3)
June 1 Set for Eastern
Graduation Exercises
Tentative arrangements have
been made for commencement and
baccalaureate. Baccalaureate will
be held in the East Wing Auditorium on Sunday, May 28, at 8
o'clock, according to Miss Agnes
Kingston, chairman of the faculty
commencement committee. Rev.
J. C. Stoltenberg of the Trinity
Lutheran church will give the sermon.
Commencement will be held in
the auditorium on Thursday evening, June 1, at 8 o'clock. J. D.
Coon of Sioux Falls will be the
speaker for the evening. O. E.
Van Doren has charge of the music for both programs.
Illness Has Decreased
on Campus Since Easter
Absences due to illnesses have
decreased since Easter vacation.
Velma Anderson was absent one
week because of a case of bronchitis. Carol Caldwell, ill with
mumps, has also missed school.
There were several absences
from the classes of the first half
day after vacation, due to transportation facilities.
Vestige of Roman Festival Lingers
In May Day Customs of Today
By Hazel Jacobson
The celebration of May Day is
an old custom which was brought
to America from European countries where May was celebrated
as the most beautiful month of
the year because the cold, bleak
winter was over, and the hot summer had not yet begun. Flowers
became a symbol of May Day
through their use in the old Roman celebration held in honor of
the goddess Flora.
It was an ancient custom in
England for the middle and lower
classes of people to go out early
in the morning to gather flowers
and hawthorne branches and to
decorate every door and window of
the village. The people would later erect a May Pole, decorated
with wreaths of flowers, and
would dance around it for many
hours. Another ancient custom
was the crowning of the May
Queen. A girl was chosen as a
representative of the goddess
Flora and was placed in a flower-covered bower or arbour where
everyone could see and admire
her.
May Day has lost its ritualistic
and symbolic character in the
United States; however, one old
custom still preserved in parts
of this country is that of hanging
May baskets. Little girls make
paper or cardboard baskets which
they fill with wild flowers and
hang on the doors of their playmates. The baskets must be hung
without the knowledge of the girl
in the home. This custom probably originated with May dolls
which were dressed in flowers and
ribbons and carried by small English girls as a tribute to May.
A.C.E. Hears Talk on
Balanced Wartime Diet
The A.C.E. met in the East
Hall parlors on April 12. The regular business meeting was held.
This was followed by a report
from Miss Audrey McCullom, the
county extension agent, who
talked on the basic-seven food
chart. She emphasized the importance of getting a balanced
diet during wartime. Refreshments were served by Rosemary
Zimmermann, Lorna Putnam, and
Lola Guyan.
No Practice Given in
Washington Next Year
Due to the decrease in enrollment at Eastern caused by war
conditions, the Board of Regents
has found it necessary to make
some adjustments in the teacher-training program at Washington
School, Pres. V. A. Lowry has
announced.
With the beginning of the school
year of 1944-45, Washington
School will be considered an affiliated school, but will be used for
observation purposes only and
not for practice teaching.
Washington School has been
used for training teeachers for
the elementary school continuously since 1924, when the building was erected. The Campus
Training School will be in operation as in the past.
F. Lavery First
to Get Position
Frances Lavery, a freshman of
Eastern, is the only spring graduate who has so far secured a
teaching position, but most of the
graduating students have made
applications for schools and several have had interviews with
various school boards and superintendents. Frances will teach a
rural school.
Because of the shortage of
teachers this year, graduates do
not take the first position offered
to them.
Many requests for teachers have
been received by the Placement
Bureau since Easter, and it is expected that the majority of graduates will have secured positions
by the close of the spring quarter.
Social Events for
Spring Numerous
The schedule of social events
for the rest of the spring quarter
wil be: April 21, Campus Movie;
April 28, Music Contest and
Senior Class play at Eastern High
School; May 5, Public Talent
Night sponsored by Delta Psi
Omega; May 9, Movie at East
Wing Auditorium; May 12, Hayride and Picnic; May 19, a Formal Party at East Hall; and May
26, Commencement Play.
The students on the various
social committees are: Rosemary
Zimmerman, Doris Greene, Reta
Crimmins, Hazel Sanborn, Mary
Lou Baughman, Gwen Lenhart,
Jo Huber, Doris Christensen, and
Arlene Theisen. Each event is
under the supervision of one or
more faculty members.
Music Contest
Thurs. and Fri.
Winners to Give Grand
Concert in Armory-
Auditorium
Approximately 1,000 high school
students will participate in the
district music contest which will
be held on Eastern's campus tomorrow and Friday.
The registered schools are: Baltic, Bridgewater, Canistota, Canova, Chester, Colton, Dell Rapids,
St. Mary's (Dell Rapids), Emery,
Farmer (Edgerton Consolidated),
Fedora, Flandreau, Flandreau Indian Fulton (Piano Consolidated),
Howard, St. Agatha's (Howard),
Humboldt, Madison (Eastern,
Central, and Franklin Consolidated), Rutland, Salem, Spencer, and
Wentworth.
Judges for the contest will be
Olaf Christiansen, director of the
School of Music, St. Olaf College,
Northfield, Minn., who will judge
vocal events; and Daniel Martino,
director of bands, University of
Minnesota, who will judge instrumental events.
A grand concert by winners of
divisions will be given for the public in the Madison Armory-Auditorium on Friday evening, as
has been the custom in the past.
During the two-day meet college
classes will not be held, but students and staff members will cooperate in handling details in connection with the various events.
Alpha Phi Sigma
Initiates Twelve
Alpha Phi Sigma initiated
twelve new members into the organization as novices on April
4, in the East Hall parlors. The
new members, eligible because
they have maintained a "B" average or better for two quarters
of work, are: Velma Anderson,
Ella Clausen, Lola Guyan, Maxine
Kitmiller, Maurine Leighton, Nancy Lowry, Loreen Olson, Doris
Schrag, John Scott, Helen Shannon, Mary Sherwood, and Eileen
Smith.
After the new members were
initiated, the business meeting
was held. Plans were discussed
for a picnic later in the spring.
New officers for next year will
be elected at the May meeting.
Those on the nominating committee are Hazel Sanborn, Doris
Christensen, and Reta Crimmins.
After the business meeting, refreshments were served by Bernice Anderson and Doris Christensen.

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The Eastern
Published By Students of Eastern State Normal School
Vol. 24.
MADISON, SOUTH DAKOTA, APRIL, 1944.
No. 7
Summer Work
to Begin June 5
Second Grade Certificate
Course Will Be Given
for Rural Teachers
By Hazel Sanborn
Eastern will have a summer
session again this year, consisting
of two terms of five weeks each,
which will be from June 5 to July
8 and from July 10 to August 12,
respectively.
Classes will be held six days a
week and students may register
for nine hours a term. Students
taking the second grade certificate
course (which will enable high
school graduates to teach in the
fall of 1944) may register for ten
hours. A second grade certificate
will be awarded without further
examination upon successful completion of that course. It is valid
for two years and cannot be renewed. This ten weeks' course
may be substituted for the first
quarter of the first grade certificate course, which may then be
completed in two more quarters.
(Continued on page 3)
June 1 Set for Eastern
Graduation Exercises
Tentative arrangements have
been made for commencement and
baccalaureate. Baccalaureate will
be held in the East Wing Auditorium on Sunday, May 28, at 8
o'clock, according to Miss Agnes
Kingston, chairman of the faculty
commencement committee. Rev.
J. C. Stoltenberg of the Trinity
Lutheran church will give the sermon.
Commencement will be held in
the auditorium on Thursday evening, June 1, at 8 o'clock. J. D.
Coon of Sioux Falls will be the
speaker for the evening. O. E.
Van Doren has charge of the music for both programs.
Illness Has Decreased
on Campus Since Easter
Absences due to illnesses have
decreased since Easter vacation.
Velma Anderson was absent one
week because of a case of bronchitis. Carol Caldwell, ill with
mumps, has also missed school.
There were several absences
from the classes of the first half
day after vacation, due to transportation facilities.
Vestige of Roman Festival Lingers
In May Day Customs of Today
By Hazel Jacobson
The celebration of May Day is
an old custom which was brought
to America from European countries where May was celebrated
as the most beautiful month of
the year because the cold, bleak
winter was over, and the hot summer had not yet begun. Flowers
became a symbol of May Day
through their use in the old Roman celebration held in honor of
the goddess Flora.
It was an ancient custom in
England for the middle and lower
classes of people to go out early
in the morning to gather flowers
and hawthorne branches and to
decorate every door and window of
the village. The people would later erect a May Pole, decorated
with wreaths of flowers, and
would dance around it for many
hours. Another ancient custom
was the crowning of the May
Queen. A girl was chosen as a
representative of the goddess
Flora and was placed in a flower-covered bower or arbour where
everyone could see and admire
her.
May Day has lost its ritualistic
and symbolic character in the
United States; however, one old
custom still preserved in parts
of this country is that of hanging
May baskets. Little girls make
paper or cardboard baskets which
they fill with wild flowers and
hang on the doors of their playmates. The baskets must be hung
without the knowledge of the girl
in the home. This custom probably originated with May dolls
which were dressed in flowers and
ribbons and carried by small English girls as a tribute to May.
A.C.E. Hears Talk on
Balanced Wartime Diet
The A.C.E. met in the East
Hall parlors on April 12. The regular business meeting was held.
This was followed by a report
from Miss Audrey McCullom, the
county extension agent, who
talked on the basic-seven food
chart. She emphasized the importance of getting a balanced
diet during wartime. Refreshments were served by Rosemary
Zimmermann, Lorna Putnam, and
Lola Guyan.
No Practice Given in
Washington Next Year
Due to the decrease in enrollment at Eastern caused by war
conditions, the Board of Regents
has found it necessary to make
some adjustments in the teacher-training program at Washington
School, Pres. V. A. Lowry has
announced.
With the beginning of the school
year of 1944-45, Washington
School will be considered an affiliated school, but will be used for
observation purposes only and
not for practice teaching.
Washington School has been
used for training teeachers for
the elementary school continuously since 1924, when the building was erected. The Campus
Training School will be in operation as in the past.
F. Lavery First
to Get Position
Frances Lavery, a freshman of
Eastern, is the only spring graduate who has so far secured a
teaching position, but most of the
graduating students have made
applications for schools and several have had interviews with
various school boards and superintendents. Frances will teach a
rural school.
Because of the shortage of
teachers this year, graduates do
not take the first position offered
to them.
Many requests for teachers have
been received by the Placement
Bureau since Easter, and it is expected that the majority of graduates will have secured positions
by the close of the spring quarter.
Social Events for
Spring Numerous
The schedule of social events
for the rest of the spring quarter
wil be: April 21, Campus Movie;
April 28, Music Contest and
Senior Class play at Eastern High
School; May 5, Public Talent
Night sponsored by Delta Psi
Omega; May 9, Movie at East
Wing Auditorium; May 12, Hayride and Picnic; May 19, a Formal Party at East Hall; and May
26, Commencement Play.
The students on the various
social committees are: Rosemary
Zimmerman, Doris Greene, Reta
Crimmins, Hazel Sanborn, Mary
Lou Baughman, Gwen Lenhart,
Jo Huber, Doris Christensen, and
Arlene Theisen. Each event is
under the supervision of one or
more faculty members.
Music Contest
Thurs. and Fri.
Winners to Give Grand
Concert in Armory-
Auditorium
Approximately 1,000 high school
students will participate in the
district music contest which will
be held on Eastern's campus tomorrow and Friday.
The registered schools are: Baltic, Bridgewater, Canistota, Canova, Chester, Colton, Dell Rapids,
St. Mary's (Dell Rapids), Emery,
Farmer (Edgerton Consolidated),
Fedora, Flandreau, Flandreau Indian Fulton (Piano Consolidated),
Howard, St. Agatha's (Howard),
Humboldt, Madison (Eastern,
Central, and Franklin Consolidated), Rutland, Salem, Spencer, and
Wentworth.
Judges for the contest will be
Olaf Christiansen, director of the
School of Music, St. Olaf College,
Northfield, Minn., who will judge
vocal events; and Daniel Martino,
director of bands, University of
Minnesota, who will judge instrumental events.
A grand concert by winners of
divisions will be given for the public in the Madison Armory-Auditorium on Friday evening, as
has been the custom in the past.
During the two-day meet college
classes will not be held, but students and staff members will cooperate in handling details in connection with the various events.
Alpha Phi Sigma
Initiates Twelve
Alpha Phi Sigma initiated
twelve new members into the organization as novices on April
4, in the East Hall parlors. The
new members, eligible because
they have maintained a "B" average or better for two quarters
of work, are: Velma Anderson,
Ella Clausen, Lola Guyan, Maxine
Kitmiller, Maurine Leighton, Nancy Lowry, Loreen Olson, Doris
Schrag, John Scott, Helen Shannon, Mary Sherwood, and Eileen
Smith.
After the new members were
initiated, the business meeting
was held. Plans were discussed
for a picnic later in the spring.
New officers for next year will
be elected at the May meeting.
Those on the nominating committee are Hazel Sanborn, Doris
Christensen, and Reta Crimmins.
After the business meeting, refreshments were served by Bernice Anderson and Doris Christensen.